Wire-line socket



C. V. AUGENSTEIN.

W!RE LINE SOCKET. APPLICATION ruin MAR. 22, 1921.

Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

INVENTOR CXuggnshe in,

4 TTORNEYS WITNESSES Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

WIRE-LINE SOCKET.

Application filed March 22, 1921. Serial No. 454,410.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CECIL V. Auenns'rnm, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Macksburg, in the county of ashington and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire- Line Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in wire line socket-s for use with well drilling machinery or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide an improvement of this character which permits of the use of a wire line or rope and obviates the necessity of using a manila cable, the socket embodying spring means for providing the desired resiliency.

Another object is to provide an improvement of this character which is-extremely simple and durable in construction, reliable in operation and easy and inexpensive to manufacture.

Another objectis to provide an improvement of thischaracter wherein there is provided cushioning means for relieving the elements of shock and Other objects and advantages of the invention reside in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, and in which:

Fi ure 1 a view in elevation illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invcn-.

tion;

Figure 2 is a view thereof in transverse vertical section;

Figure 3 is a view in horizontal section, on line 33 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a similar view, on line l4 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings wherein for the sake of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 10 designates the cylindrical stock or body portion of the socket which is provided at its upper end with an integral head 11 from which an externally threaded coupling connection12 extends. The lower end of the stock or body portion is open and is inter-. nally threaded for engagement with a coupllng member 18 of a tool or the like.

Within the body portion 10 a coil spring 15 is arranged and abuts the head 11 at its upper end. The lower end of the spring abuts a follower 16 which is provided" with an openmg flaring as at 17, toward the lower end of the follower. A wire line or wire rope is designated at W, and at its lower end it is spread or untwisted and is received in the flaring opening 17 of the follower 16 wherein it 1s secured to the follower by babbittlng or the like, as indicated at 18.

Above the connection of the wire line or rope to the follower a tube 20-has threadedconnection therewith, the tube 20 extending up through the body portion 10 and out through the head 11 and coupling member or connection 12. As shown in Figure 2 the tube 20 is arranged in encircling relation with respect to the wire line 10 and is arranged 16 which 'moves upwardly into the cylindrical. body portion when compressing the spring. :When the follower descends it strikes the cushioning disk 25 which absorbs the shocks and then takes up the strains. All during this action the spring is effectively. isolated from the wire line by means of the tube 20 which moves with the follower in order to perform this function. i

As shown in Figure lthe body portion 10 is provided adjacent its lower end with a squared portion 10 and similarly the coupling member 13 is provided with a squared portion 13*, these squared portions be ng adapted to cooperate with an operating tool in the assembly and disassembly of the socket.

I claim:

A wire line socket comprising a body poi tion having a head at one end and having its other end open and internally threaded, a spring arranged in said body portion and abutting the head one end, a follower opcrating in said body portion and abutting 19 the other end of the spring and adapted for connection with the Wire line cable, a coupling member having threaded engagement with the lower end of the body portion and a cushioning disk arranged between the 1:;

coupling member and the follower.

CECIL VERNON AUGENSTEIN. 

